Einstellung Effect Quotes

#1. Einstellung effect (pronounced EYE-nshtellung). In this phenomenon, an idea you already have in mind, or your simple initial thought, prevents a better idea or solution from being found.

Barbara Oakley

#2. We must remember that the soul is but a hollow which God fills.

C.S. Lewis

#3. We become tight and constricted in our minds, which can easily lead to agitation and restlessness.

Gyalwa Dokhampa

#4. Hey, calm down, OK? My penis isn't going to suddenly lunge at your face.

Charlotte Stein

#5. It's far easier to shut yourself off from people than to love them. If you keep your heart surrounded by strong walls, no one can get close enough to you to break it.

Julia Quinn

#6. I think there's a percentage [of the audience] that don't realize, that don't know that [standup] is how everything began. We planned it, we work hard, rehearsals to get this. It's more of a ... it's not just coming in there in a T-shirt and holding a microphone.

Tim Allen

#7. Psychosclerosis: the hardening of the attitude which causes a person to cease dreaming, seeing, thinking, and leading.

Ashley Montagu

#8. No one forgets his pain, that's a lie. It's buried there in memory and remains in you forever.

Manlio Argueta

#9. That last phrase, the elegant jump from malicious gossip to compliment, seemed to me so very successful that I thought of adult normality precisely as an art of that type. I had something to learn.

Elena Ferrante